Diabetes News

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More than 84 million US adults—that’s 1 in 3—have pre-diabetes. With pre-diabetes, blood sugar is higher than normal but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as diabetes. People with pre-diabetes are at high risk for TYPE 2 DIABETES (the most common type of diabetes), heart disease, and stroke.

In the last 20 years, the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than tripled as the US population has aged and become more overweight. Now more than 30 million Americans have diabetes, which increases their risk for a long list of serious health problems, including: